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A medical clinic has reopened to help the students of Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School.

The United Way of Southern Nevada's Women's Leadership Council helped raise the money to reopen the clinic which did not have enough funds to open this year.

The group partnered with the local non-profit Positively Kids to run the clinic.

"The Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School Clinic did not have enough funds to open this year," said Nancy Reel, WLC Project Co-chair. "This left a huge void in this school community as it has served many, many families in the past."

It will provide much needed health care to more than 700 students at the elementary school, including many students who are homeless.

A new low-cost health clinic is coming to North Las Vegas in hopes of helping an underserved neighborhood.

Hope Christian Health Center announced recently that it had secured a lease for property at Pecos and Craig roads. The group plans on turning the property into a nonprofit clinic to serve patients regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

The clinic picked the area because both the city of North Las Vegas and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have called it a medically underserved area.

The clinic is expecting to start accepting patients in February of next year.

Hope Christian Health Center also announced it has a new CEO who has worked on similar project in Los Angeles' Skid Row.

With the 2013-14 school year approaching quickly, health officials are reminding parents to do required immunizations for their kids sooner than later.

The Southern Nevada Health District provides back-to-school shots at its public health centers. Pre-schoolers, kindergartners, and seventh-graders must get mandatory vaccinations.

The health district will offer extended hours for back-to-school immunizations the last two weeks of August. Immunizations are available:

Parents should bring immunization records. Children with no records might have to begin the immunization sequence from the beginning. Non-custodial adults may accompany a child, however, written consent must be provided to the health district from the parent or guardian at the time of service. An administrative fee of $16 per child for one immunization or $25 per child for two or more immunizations will be collected. Additional vaccines fees might apply.

Nevada Infant and Immunization Week will provide a number of opportunities to improve the health and well-being of your children starting Saturday.

The Southern Nevada Immunization and Health Coalition (SNIHC) and many health partners and providers will sponsor a week of immunization clinics during Nevada Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) April 20-27, beginning with a kickoff event hosted by the Southern Nevada Health District.

Nevada Infant Immunization Week is an annual observance that highlights the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases, and serves as a call to action for parents, caregivers and healthcare providers to ensure infants are fully immunized against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases before age 2.